Category: Religious Sexism

So a couple of weeks ago I read an article by Allison Pearson for The Telegraph about a new item of clothing being sold by our beloved British retailer Marks and Spencer: the burkini. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, it is a name coined for...

In March this year the Islamic Society at the London School of Economics held a gala dinner that segregated men and women, erecting a 7ft screen to split the hall in two – in order to prevent any other type of erections, they’d argue. Unsurprisingly, those that don’t hold the view...

Religion and spirituality – or lack thereof – are deeply personal issues, and the way that followers practice their faith can change drastically over time according to each individual’s journey. But within many Muslim communities, women are subjected to constant monitoring of their behaviour and are assessed on whether they are ‘Muslim enough’. Despite the irrelevance...

There is “no particular age” for a girl to marry – “normally the younger the better.” “In some societies, 12 or 13-year-old women, girls, they are more or less fully fledged women.” When it comes to inheritance, “We are very happy to give the woman half and the man double...

The hijab is probably one of the most hotly discussed items of clothing around, second only to the Little Black Dress (which I’d better not start talking about in case the haram police comes for me). Seen as traditional attire for women in Islam, the hijab for many is a symbol...

This post was originally published by ‘Nice Mangos’ on her personal blog in February 2015, and we’re delighted to reproduce it here with her kind permission! So this weekend we were helping my aunt move, and gosh I love her to pieces… she is one of my few relatives who defends...